A side-by-side look at the Switchbooks and MCP Server Ledger MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Switchbooks for finance & fintech work over a hosted endpoint; choose MCP Server Ledger for finance & fintech. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
LEDGER_FILE.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | S Switchbooks | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 40/100 · Fair | 35/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Not confirmed yet |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | — |
| Auth | Not declared | No auth required |
| Pricing | Not declared | Free |
| Required env vars | None listed | LEDGER_FILE |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 51 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Switchbooks | View MCP Server Ledger |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"switchbooks": {
"url": "https://app.switchbooks.ai/api/mcp"
}
}
}
No confirmed install command for MCP Server Ledger yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.